The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 454

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Chapter 454. How Similar

 

 

“Sharp-witted bastards.”

Chu Geum-ryeong muttered as he kicked off the ground.

In his senses.

He caught the movement of those trying to distance themselves from them.

That direction was.

“Toward the castle wall?”

The castle wall that had given him an unpleasant sensation.

Chu Geum-ryeong glanced back at the jiangshi following him.

Dark Blood Jiangshi and Silent Iron Jiangshi, Blood Jiangshi, Poison Jiangshi.

“Those things will certainly be obstacles.”

The sensation he felt was telling him so.

For Chu Geum-ryeong himself, the castle wall posed no problem.

It just gave him an unpleasant and disgusting feeling.

However.

For those following behind him, it would become a solid barrier.

Because it was a castle wall with that level of power.

“I’ll have to destroy it first before starting.”

Chu Geum-ryeong clenched and unclenched his fist as he looked ahead.

In his senses.

A new presence was caught.

He glanced back slightly.

“Has another one awakened? There’s no need for that. Tsk.”

Actually, he didn’t like Il-no’s actions.

But at his words about sweeping away those who entered Sanwol Demon Forest and using that momentum to conquer All Under Heaven.

He just watched what Il-no was doing.

In Chu Geum-ryeong’s opinion, the current situation of the Blood Cult was absurd.

They who had dominated the entire Sanwol Territory.

Were trapped in just this level of forest.

Confined by barriers, living such a wretched life.

Anger naturally arose.

As Il-no said, with this opportunity.

He would smash that damn castle wall and place All Under Heaven under the Blood Cult’s feet.

Thud thud thud thud thud thud.

Deep night.

The jiangshi’s march created heavy reverberations in Sanwol Demon Forest.

Dust clouds rose in the forest.

They advanced straight in one direction.

The direction Chu Geum-ryeong was leading.

Toward where the strongest human among those who entered this forest was located.

They ran toward that place, emanating killing intent.

Chu Geum-ryeong, who had been emitting fierce energy to destroy and sweep away everything.

Suddenly flinched.

His gaze turned elsewhere.

“What?”

He felt the energy of another human he hadn’t sensed until now.

How could they deceive his attention?

Chu Geum-ryeong, who had been charging, gradually slowed down and stopped.

Accordingly, the jiangshi also stopped.

Only the inferior Death Jiangshi horde continued to scream and charge forward.

Chu Geum-ryeong’s expression hardened stiffly.

Because he was a jiangshi, even though he had almost no expression, it was a clear change showing his tension.

“What’s going on…?”

He was momentarily confused.

The strongest among the humans who entered Sanwol Demon Forest.

They said he was the Alliance Leader of Jeongcheon Alliance.

But the newly sensed energy was no less than his.

No, it probably seemed even stronger.

‘He’s certainly strong, but were we hiding all this time because we feared just that level?’

Chu Geum-ryeong tilted his head slightly.

Il-no.

He was certainly extremely afraid of some existence while preparing to oppose it.

He thought that suddenly appeared energy might be that existence.

But at that level, he felt he could defeat it alone.

It wasn’t to the degree that required such extreme wariness.

But what if that energy was moving toward where the Jeongcheon Alliance Leader was?

The situation becomes a bit ambiguous.

One of the two might be manageable.

But both simultaneously?

Chu Geum-ryeong alone couldn’t handle it.

Even though he became a jiangshi, he objectively analyzed his combat power and stopped right there.

And again glanced back.

“I should call him smart rather than a coward.”

He revised his evaluation of Il-no.

It might be because of vague fear toward that new energy’s existence.

Anyway.

If he joined forces with the additionally awakened Guardian Deities.

He could certainly smash through.

Chu Geum-ryeong chose to wait for a moment.

For certain victory.

The vibrations that shook the ground of Sanwol Demon Forest stopped.

The dust clouds also gradually settled.

The night was deepening.

 

***

 

“What’s wrong?”

Yeon Ha-min asked Ha Seol-ran, who had turned pale.

“Another tremendous jiangshi’s energy is…”

It was bad news.

“The only method is to rendezvous as quickly as possible.”

At Yeon Ha-min’s words as she slightly frowned, Ha Seol-ran nodded.

And glanced toward one side.

It was where Wi Ji-gun was hiding.

Wi Ji-gun’s gaze, who had been moving together at the pace of Ha Seol-ran’s group, turned toward where the horde of jiangshi was, and even further behind that.

To the place where a newly appeared energy was located.

‘There seems to be something over there.’

Suddenly, a new energy appeared as if it had dropped from midair.

That was an impossible thing.

Unless it had been blocked by formations or techniques that interfered with ki sensing.

But there were no blocked areas.

‘Then…’

Wi Ji-gun expanded the range of his ki sensing.

He changed his ki sensing from a flat spread to a spherical form.

With his ki sensing expanding around him like a giant sphere.

There was something that caught his attention.

‘Underground?’

That was the limit of Wi Ji-gun’s ki sensing.

He only sensed that there were some groups underground.

[Seol-ran.]

Ha Seol-ran showed a momentarily startled expression at her master’s sudden telepathic message.

Since she knew where her master was, she didn’t look around.

[Change the form of your ki sensing. Not just a flat plane that spreads widely. Into a spherical form so you can check even underground.]

Ha Seol-ran followed her master’s telepathic instruction.

To sense the presence of people on the ground, she had only spread her ki sensing widely.

Like a disc.

When she modified her ki sensing into a spherical form as her master instructed, the range inevitably had to shrink.

Even so.

She could sense most of the situation in Sanwol Demon Forest.

The place where she sensed the appearance of the second jiangshi.

Underground in that location.

Ha Seol-ran was so shocked that she stopped right there.

“What, what is it? Seol-ran!”

Yeon Ha-min quickly wrapped her arms around her waist and continued running.

If she just stopped there, she might collide with the rear formation and cause a major accident.

“More, there are more… monster-like jiangshi… nine in total… and one that I don’t know if it’s a jiangshi or not, but I can’t tell how strong it is…”

Her voice was filled with terror.

Because she could sense it directly.

Because she knew how strong the enemy was.

That was the reaction that appeared.

Wi Ji-gun frowned upon hearing Ha Seol-ran’s muttering.

In the underground where his ki sensing couldn’t reach.

Such creatures had been hiding.

Wi Ji-gun’s complexion also hardened stiffly.

‘Nine…’

Two or three might be manageable.

But nine.

Even he would be overwhelmed.

Even if he joined forces with the owner of the powerful presence he sensed from their destination.

He couldn’t guarantee success.

Wi Ji-gun looked at Ha Seol-ran.

‘Perhaps…’

Wi Ji-gun considered even the worst-case scenario and made plans for the future.

He bit his lips tightly and moved forward.

 

***

 

Yang Bi-chang was startled by Dam Mu-heun’s sudden appearance.

And he was even more shocked by what he conveyed.

The jiangshi that had disappeared were all revealing themselves and swarming in.

Where on earth.

Yang Bi-chang bit his lips.

“Then what should we do?”

“We must evacuate outside the castle walls as quickly as possible.”

Since Yang Bi-chang was the vice-leader of Bongma Corps, Dam Mu-heun answered with courtesy.

“The closest direction would be…”

Yang Bi-chang recalled the surrounding terrain.

“It would probably be near where the Alliance Leader headed.”

Yang Bi-chang reached his conclusion.

“Please move with full strength.”

Dam Mu-heun left those words and kicked off the ground.

Having completed his mission, he was trying to return to the Alliance Leader.

The vice-leader of Hotian Dan.

His duty was, after all, to guard the Alliance Leader.

Even if these people moved in the same direction, they couldn’t keep up with Dam Mu-heun running at full speed.

So he moved first.

Yang Bi-chang woke up the sleeping Bongma Corps and Gyoryong Hall trainees and moved urgently.

“What’s going on?”

Namgung Hu tilted his head while moving urgently.

“It seems the calm before the storm has ended and the storm has begun.”

Namgung Yu answered with a tense face.

The vice-leader of Bongma Corps was with them.

Yet he showed such a frantic appearance.

It meant this was no ordinary matter.

 

***

 

So Hwi-ung’s group was moving at full speed toward the castle walls.

While running, So Hwi-ung glanced back.

‘They stopped? Why?’

He sensed that the jiangshi’s movement had stopped.

More precisely, he sensed that the Myeolcheon Gangsi’s movement had ceased.

But he couldn’t know the reason.

The range of So Hwi-ung’s ki sensing was limited to that extent.

If they had stopped, it could rather be considered fortunate.

They had to get to the castle walls as quickly as possible.

 

It was a long, long night.

Those who were in various parts of Sanwol Demon Forest ran at full speed all night.

When dawn was breaking.

Maengryong Corps arrived at the castle walls where So Hwi-ung’s group had arrived slightly earlier.

After the forced march ended.

Maengryong Corps and a group from Bongma Corps who barely arrived at dawn.

“Huff. Huff. These damn bastards…”

He had been swept up in the atmosphere and rushed here without choice.

But now he was determined to fix the attitude of these damn Maengryong Corps bastards.

Moreover, the one who led the disobedience to orders was Ha Seol-ran.

‘Yes, this worked out well. With this excuse…’

Recalling Ha Seol-ran’s face, appearance, and figure, he harbored another desire.

He approached her.

“You bitch! How dare you disobey orders and incite the group! Do the solemn alliance rules seem like a joke to you!”

Walking quickly toward her, he shouted with a voice full of anger.

At Man Ya-do’s roar, the eyes of the Seventh Group members who were with Ha Seol-ran turned toward him.

“We saved them from near death. If they had stayed in that position, everyone would have died.”

Dang Jin-san stepped forward and spoke.

Ha Seol-ran looked extremely urgent.

It was the first time he had seen her like this since getting to know her.

She seemed truly desperate, as if facing a life-and-death crisis.

That’s why he had run at full speed as she suggested.

Without even having time to persuade the Bongma Corps members.

Using only numbers as a weapon.

“You bastard are equally guilty of breaking alliance rules…”

Man Ya-do’s voice, which had been spewing anger toward Dang Jin-san, gradually grew quieter.

As he glared at Dang Jin-san, the pattern on the whip wrapped around his waist caught his eye.

‘Th-that’s the Tang Family pattern… How is someone from the Tang Family…’

Those who carried weapons with the pattern engraved were direct descendants or collateral relatives close to the direct line.

In other words, this bastard in front of him was someone who held a fairly important position in the Tang Family.

How could such a person be in the Maengryong Corps…

Man Ya-do hesitated momentarily.

But this was Sanwol Demon Forest, and he was a Squad Leader of the Bongma Corps.

That bastard was part of the Maengryong Corps, their shield.

The thought suddenly occurred to him that this Tang Family bastard must have been driven to the Maengryong Corps for good reason.

“You little shit. I’ll deal with your crimes in a moment, so get out of the way for now!”

Therefore, Man Ya-do became even stronger and more arrogant.

Due to the series of events that had occurred frantically from last night until now.

His judgment had become clouded.

“What crime are you talking about?”

At the voice heard from behind at that moment.

Man Ya-do’s head whipped around.

“What kind of bastard is this…”

He froze mid-sentence.

A sturdy warrior with a middle-aged appearance who had appeared before his eyes.

The large sword at his waist.

His piercing eyes.

It was an appearance he had seen from afar.

Someone who absolutely could not be here.

Running like mad.

When crossing over the walls of Sanwol Great Wall.

He had seen a group that had arrived first.

He had also seen the uniform of Bongma Corps Captain Baek.

He thought he had seen Pung Geon of the Black Corps too.

Since they were with some old men.

He had thought the Bongma Corps was on a different mission.

But why was this person here?

“A-A-Alliance Leader?”

Man Ya-do was so stunned he didn’t even know what he was saying.

“I went to check the surrounding terrain for a moment. What’s going on?”

Before the Maengryong Corps arrived.

So Hwi-ung had left to look around for a suitable place to fight the Myeolcheon Gangsi with full force.

He stood there with Dam Mu-heun, who had returned before dawn.

“Th-th-that is…”

Man Ya-do trembled.

Why on earth was the Jeongcheon Alliance Leader here?

Thud thud thud thud thud.

While caught up in such confusion.

A group arrived in front of the castle wall.

So Hwi-ung’s gaze briefly turned in that direction.

“It’s Yang Vice-Leader and the Gyoryong Hall trainees.”

It was the direction Dam Mu-heun had arrived from.

They had arrived a little later than him.

So Hwi-ung nodded briefly and his gaze returned.

His eyes stopped on Ha Seol-ran’s face.

The stern expression he had when dealing with Man Ya-do relaxed comfortably, like a kind neighborhood uncle.

“She resembles her. Definitely.”

A gentle voice.

Though it was a small murmur, everyone heard those words clearly.

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